Wisconsin Badgers

The Badgers are the athletic teams at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The teams compete in the Big Ten conference and the school colors are red and white. The school has won 27 NCAA titles, including six in hockey. Well-known athletes and coaches include Barry Alvarez, Pat Richter, Alan Ameche, Elroy Hirsh, Bob Johnson, Jeff Sauer, Mark Johnson, Joe Thomas, Jolene Anderson, Billy Marek, Alando Tucker, Pat O'Dea, Jim Mott and Ron Dayne.

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Penn State was picked to place third in the Big Ten East this season, according to a new media poll.
Cleveland.com's fifth annual Big Ten football poll surveyed 40 media members from around the conference. The group made Ohio State the unanimous...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Braxton Miller is shifting from quarterback to receiver, whittling Ohio State's QB competition to two star passers.
Miller told SI.com on Thursday night that he plans to start the season in the H-back position and also hopes to...

KOHLER, Wis. (AP) — Rory McIlroy needed a break after missing the cut two straight weeks. Returning to the site of what McIlroy considers one of his breakthrough tournaments — the 2010 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits — might give the world's...

On the surface, it looks like a risky move.
Somewhat unproven general manager hires somewhat untested coach.
Yet no one should be all that surprised that Ron Hextall went in a completely unconventional direction in naming Dave Hakstol to run his bench....

Penn State's 2015-16 men's hockey schedules includes visits to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and New York as well as a new series with Notre Dame.
Penn State announced the 36-game scheduled Tuesday, which features 18 home games at the Pegula Ice Arena. The...

Penn State generated some recruiting news this week, gaining commitments from two players and officially welcoming a graduate transfer from Stanford. All three play offense.
Daniel Dalton, a tight end from Marshfield, Mass., and Alex Gellerstedt, an...

TV studio anchors often have a difficult task because they're listening to what others around the desk are saying in one ear and have to listen to the producer barking instructions constantly in the other ear.
The latter must have distracted CBS host...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The scene will bring smiles to many for a long time. Players chest-bumping and hugging. Fans on the fringe of delirium. A celebration perfect for highlight reels and posters. It has to end in a hurry, though. There's another game to be...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kentucky guard Andrew Harrison apologized Sunday for directing an obscenity and a racial slur at Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky during a postgame news conference at the Final Four.Harrison muttered "F--- that n----" into a live...

When the Wisconsin-Kentucky game had ended late Saturday night, veteran play-by-play man Jim Nantz said on TBS that it was one of the best national semifinals he had ever seen.
It was definitely one of the most-watched NCAA Final Four national...

INDIANAPOLIS — For once, Jahlil Okafor didn't have to contend with constant double teams.
Instead, Duke's star freshman found himself with plenty of 1-on-1 opportunities in the first half against Michigan State on Saturday night, helping the Blue...

Don't be fooled if you wander to truTV or TNT tonight and get biased broadcasts on the Final Four games.
It's by design. TBS is where you want to be for the neutral broadcast with Jim Nantz, Grant Hill and Bill Raftery.
Both truTV and TNT will have...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — After Michigan State clinched a spot in the Final Four last weekend, Wisconsin's Sam Dekker wrote something on Twitter that packed as much of a punch as one of his dunks. "The Big Ten had a down year right?" Dekker asked. If...

So much has been made of the fact that longtime college basketball analyst Bill Raftery will get to work his first Final Four on the TV side of things this weekend in Indianapolis.
The popular Raftery has done the radio broadcasts of the Final Four for...

ST. LOUIS - The first round was promising, the second was solid - albeit with with touches of heartbreak - for Penn State on the opening day of the NCAA wrestling tournament Thursday.
The No. 7 Nittany Lions went 7-0 in the first round, then 5-2 in the...

It was a highlight that will be replayed over and over for years for the Penn State men's hockey team.
Dylan Richard wins a faceoff, the puck drifts back to Zach Saar and the Nittany Lion then-freshman fires the puck into the net to beat Michigan 2-1...

President Barack Obama fills one out, so does just about everyone you know.Yes, the NCAA Tournament is underway and that means it's bracket-picking time. We're here to help make sense of March Madness.We want to provide you some insight on the 68 teams...

Kentucky. Kentucky. Kentucky.
The top-ranked Wildcats have been the talk of this college basketball season and are six victories away from an undefeated championship season. But it's too early to crown them just yet.
The NCAA Tournament has taken down...

The Penn State men's basketball team's season is over.
The Nittany Lions did not receive a bid to the National Invitation Tournament, and they will not compete in the College Basketball Invitational.
"Wrapping up at 18-16, #PSUMBB has the fifth...